SSMS Queries on Function Keys

By David Postlethwaite

At my presentation on SQL Server Management Studio at SQL Saturday in Exeter I promised to write some...

2014 SQL Server Editions – Overview

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SQL Server 2014 was officially released in April 1st, 2014. You can...

Come see me present SQL Saturday Atlanta

Have you seen the schedule for SQL Saturday #285 – Atlanta?   Holy cow they have jam packed too many hard decisions...

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I wrote a guide about using Git and GitHub for "Windows people".
This is the guide I wish was available when...

I Am Better Than You

That is a patently false statement and total BS. It sure does crawl up your spine though doesn’t it? Why...

Last Weeks Top “Reading” Links #80

It’s Monday time for this week’s weekly link round-up.  If you want to catch these links “live” (so exciting), follow...

Mr. Carter, Where Did You Go?

It has been nearly a month since your last blog post Mr. Carter, and frankly your last post was nothing...

Read Flat File Contents to Variable – Write Variable Value to Flat File

When working with SSIS, you’ll often find the need to read the contents of a flat file to a variable,...

SQL Server Internals Presentation Double Time!

I’ll be doing double time over the next two weeks with Two Presentations on SQL Server Internals. It is essentially...

SQL Server Training – Spring 2014

I have just returned from a trip to Washington DC where I was delivering course 2105 – SQL Server 2012 DBA...